A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Yauco in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 20:24:48 / 8:24 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/01/20 / 2020-01-16 00:24:48 / January 16, 2020 @ 12:24 am. Exact location of earthquake, -66.8257° West, 18.0488° North, depth 10 km. Event id: us700070m6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700070m6.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arroyo, Levittown, Bayamón (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 81 km (50 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-four, in the last 10 days three hundred and seventy-seven, in the past 30 days four hundred and fourty-eight and in the last 365 days five hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 2 km ENE of Yauco, Puerto Rico.
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